The main points of the new concept of culture of Ali bey Huseynzade

Abstract

The article presents Ali Bey Huseynzadeh’s concept of culture. It is indicated that Eastern and Western cultures came together in
Azerbaijan at the beginning of the twentieth century as a result of sociopolitical events. As a consequence, intellectuals express their attitude to the issue of culture. The article claims that thebasis of Ali Bey Huseynzade’s concept of culture is to preserve the national culture and at the same time to enrich it withWestern culture. The author assumes that the great thinker Ali Bey Huseynzade’s approach to the concept of culture from this standpoint was directly related to his education. The article considers Ali Bey Huseynzade’s concept of culture in the context of the history of cultural thought, especially the history of Western cultural thought. Besides, Ali Bey Huseynzade’s concept of culture was considered in the context of social and cultural events of time. The scientific significance of the studying of Ali Bey Huseynzade’s concept of culture is emphasized. The new concept of culture of Ali Bey Huseynzade is very important from the point of view, on the one hand, of forming the nation’s resolve to resist Russian assimilation policy, on other hand, neutralizing the influence of Persian ideological pressure, on the another hand, preventing the Armenian threat to the Turkish presence in Azerbaijan, actualizing national identity issues in the country, as well as Azerbaijan’s demand for independence, guiding the creation of a new state model based on democratic principles, connected to the Turkish thought, European values.